Adaptec AHA-2940AU User Guide - Page 9

Starting the SCSI, Utility, Using the SCSI Disk Utilities - bios

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Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Boot only Fixed Disks4 Display Message During BIOS Initialization4 BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROMs4 BIOS Support for Int13 Extensions4 Enabled Enabled Enabled 1 Setting is valid only if Multiple LUN Support is enabled 2 For AHA-2940Ultra only 3 For AHA-2940Ultra Wide only 4 Settings are valid only if host adapter BIOS is enabled Starting the SCSISelect Utility You can start the SCSISelect utility by pressing Ctrl-A when the following prompt appears at boot time: Press for SCSISelect (TM) Utility! The first menu that appears displays the options Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and SCSI Disk Utilities. Using SCSISelect Menus SCSISelect uses menus to list options you can select. To select an option, use the ↑ and ↓ keys to move the cursor to the option, then press Enter. In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc. To restore the original SCSISelect default values, press F6. To toggle the display between color and monochrome modes, press F5 (this feature may not work on some kinds of monitors). Exiting SCSISelect To exit SCSISelect, press Esc until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed any AHA-2940Ultra/ 2940Ultra Wide settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit). At the prompt, select Yes to exit, then press any key to reboot the computer. Any changes you made in SCSISelect take effect after the computer boots. Using the SCSI Disk Utilities To access the SCSI disk utilities, select the SCSI Disk Utilities option from the menu that appears after starting SCSISelect. Once the option is selected, SCSISelect 9

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Starting the SCSI
Select
Utility
You can start the SCSI
Select
utility by pressing
Ctrl-A
when the following prompt appears at boot time:
Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSISelect (TM) Utility!
The first menu that appears displays the options
Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and SCSI
Disk Utilities.
Using SCSI
Select
Menus
SCSI
Select
uses menus to list options you can select.
To select an option, use the
and
keys to move the
cursor to the option, then press
Enter
.
In some cases, selecting an option displays another
menu. You can return to the previous menu at any
time by pressing
Esc
. To restore the original SCSI
Select
default values, press
F6
. To toggle the display
between color and monochrome modes, press
F5
(this
feature may not work on some kinds of monitors).
Exiting SCSI
Select
To exit SCSI
Select
, press
Esc
until a message prompts
you to exit (if you changed any AHA-2940
Ultra
/
2940
Ultra
Wide settings, you are prompted to save
the changes before you exit). At the prompt, select
Yes
to exit, then press any key to reboot the com-
puter. Any changes you made in SCSI
Select
take
effect after the computer boots.
Using the SCSI Disk Utilities
To access the SCSI disk utilities, select the
SCSI Disk
Utilities
option from the menu that appears after start-
ing SCSI
Select
. Once the option is selected, SCSI
Select
Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as
Fixed Disks
4
Boot only
Display <Ctrl-A> Message During BIOS
Initialization
4
Enabled
BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROMs
4
Enabled
BIOS Support for Int13 Extensions
4
Enabled
1
Setting is valid only if Multiple LUN Support is enabled
2
For AHA-2940
Ultra
only
3
For AHA-2940
Ultra
Wide only
4
Settings are valid only if host adapter BIOS is enabled